Verdell Mathis

Verdell Jackson Mathis
(Lefty)

Born: November 18, 1913 in Crawfordsville, AR
Died: October 30, 1998 in Memphis, TN
(84 years old)

Bats: L

Throws: L

Ht: 5'11"

Wt: 155

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Notes:

• High School: Booker T. Washington HS (Memphis, TN)
• Buried: Memphis Memory Gardens (Memphis, TN)

Teammates

Glossary

#	Players	Pos	Yrs	First	Last	Team	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Neil Robinson	CF	9	1940	1948	MULT	6.0	6.0	0.1	0.0	-0.6
2	Jesús Valenzuela	SP	1	1941	1941	TPC	5.9	0.0	0.0	5.9	0.0
3	Francisco Castañeda	SP	1	1941	1941	TPC	4.3	0.0	0.0	4.3	0.0
4	Porter Moss	SP	4	1941	1944	MRS/WES	4.3	0.0	0.0	4.3	0.0
5	Bus Clarkson	SS	1	1941	1941	TPC	4.2	3.7	0.0	0.0	0.5
6	Nate Moreland	SP	1	1941	1941	TPC	4.1	0.0	0.0	4.1	0.0
7	Fred Bankhead	2B	8	1940	1947	MULT	2.8	2.3	-0.1	0.0	0.6
8	Willie Hutchinson	SP	6	1940	1946	MRS	2.3	-0.3	0.0	2.6	0.0
9	Manuel Arroyo	2B	1	1941	1941	TPC	2.3	1.9	0.0	0.0	0.3
10	Santos Amaro	RF	1	1941	1941	TPC	2.2	2.7	0.0	0.0	-0.4
11	Barney Brown	SP	1	1943	1943	PS	2.0	0.7	0.0	1.4	-0.1
12	Eugene Bremer	SP	4	1940	1945	WES/MRS	1.6	0.0	0.2	1.5	0.0
13	Jimmy Direaux	3B	1	1941	1941	TPC	1.5	0.3	0.0	1.2	0.0
14	Gene Benson	CF	1	1943	1943	PS	1.3	0.6	0.7	0.0	0.0
15	Willie Cornelius	SP	1	1941	1941	CAG	1.3	0.1	0.0	1.2	0.0
16	Goose Curry	RF	1	1943	1943	PS/MRS	1.3	1.0	0.0	0.4	-0.1
17	Dan Bankhead	SP	3	1941	1947	MRS/WES	1.3	-0.2	0.0	1.5	0.0
18	Red Longley	LF	7	1940	1947	MRS	1.2	1.6	-0.3	0.0	-0.1
19	Angel Castro	1B	1	1941	1941	TPC	1.0	1.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2
20	Lefty Wilson	SP	1	1940	1940	MRS	1.0	-0.1	0.0	1.1	0.0
21	Frank Pearson	SP	3	1945	1947	MRS	1.0	-0.1	-0.1	1.1	0.0
22	Joe González	CF	1	1941	1941	TPC	0.9	1.0	0.0	0.0	-0.1
23	Lonnie Summers	C	1	1941	1941	TPC	0.9	0.7	0.0	0.1	0.1
24	Jim West	1B	1	1943	1943	PS	0.9	0.9	0.1	0.0	-0.2
25	Bob Boyd	1B	2	1947	1948	MRS	0.9	1.2	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
26	Edgar Chatman	SP	2	1944	1945	MRS	0.8	-0.1	0.0	0.9	0.0
27	Cowan Hyde	RF	9	1940	1948	MRS	0.8	1.8	-0.5	0.0	-0.5
28	Joe Burt Scott	LF	3	1945	1948	MRS	0.8	0.3	0.6	0.0	-0.1
29	Robert Keyes	SP	5	1941	1945	MRS/PS	0.7	-0.2	0.0	1.0	0.0
30	Jelly Taylor	1B	6	1940	1946	MULT	0.7	1.0	0.1	0.0	-0.9
31	Marlin Carter	3B	6	1940	1947	MRS/WES	0.7	1.3	-0.8	0.0	0.1
32	Marvin Williams	SS	1	1943	1943	PS	0.6	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.1
33	Pepper Sharpe	LF	4	1943	1948	MRS	0.6	0.5	-0.1	0.2	0.0
34	Larry Brown	C	8	1940	1947	MULT	0.6	0.4	-0.3	0.0	0.4
35	José Colás	CF	2	1947	1948	MRS	0.6	0.7	-0.1	0.0	0.0
36	Spoon Carter	SP	3	1946	1948	MRS	0.6	-0.1	0.0	0.7	0.0
37	Satchel Paige	RP	3	1941	1943	WES/MRS	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
38	Jimmy Ford	3B	4	1941	1945	MULT	0.5	1.0	-0.5	0.0	0.1
39	Junius Savage	RP	1	1940	1940	MRS	0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.6	0.0
40	Willie Ferrell	RP	1	1941	1941	CAG	0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.6	0.0
41	Gentry Jessup	RP	3	1941	1945	MULT	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
42	Harry Williams	2B	1	1941	1941	TPC	0.5	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.1
43	Willie Wells	3B	1	1948	1948	MRS	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
44	Ed Young	1B	1	1941	1941	CAG	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.1
45	Henry Spearman	3B	1	1943	1943	PS	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
46	Pedro Pagés	1B	1	1941	1941	TPC	0.4	0.8	0.0	0.0	-0.4
47	John Lyles	SS	1	1941	1941	CAG	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
48	Casey Jones	C	6	1943	1948	MRS	0.3	0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.2
49	Alex Radcliff	3B	4	1941	1946	MULT	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
50	George Handy	2B	2	1947	1948	MRS	0.3	-0.2	0.4	0.0	0.1
51	Felix Evans	SP	9	1940	1948	MRS	0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.6	0.0
52	Ernesto Maimón	RP	1	1941	1941	TPC	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
53	Bill Cash	C	1	1943	1943	PS	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.1
54	Hilton Smith	-	2	1941	1942	WES	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
55	Roy Parnell	LF	1	1943	1943	PS	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.1
56	Ches Buchanan	SP	1	1943	1943	PS	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0
57	William Newman	RP	1	1940	1940	MRS	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
58	Bill Byrd	RP	1	1943	1943	PS	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
59	T. J. Brown	SS	7	1940	1947	MULT	0.3	0.2	-0.7	0.0	0.7
60	Laymon Ramsey	RP	1	1947	1947	MRS	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
61	Bob Smith	C	2	1942	1943	MRS	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
62	Allen Bryant	RP	1	1946	1946	MRS	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
63	Artie Wilson	SS	2	1944	1945	WES/SAS	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
64	Roosevelt Davis	RP	1	1940	1940	MRS	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
65	Joe Brooks	RP	1	1942	1942	MRS	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
66	Leon Day	2B	1	1943	1943	PS	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
67	Ted Strong	-	2	1941	1942	WES	0.2	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
68	Sy Morton	2B	1	1943	1943	PS	0.2	-0.3	0.4	0.0	0.1
69	Riley Stewart	RP	1	1946	1946	MRS	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
70	Parnell Woods	3B	3	1941	1945	MULT	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
71	Pedro Formental	RF	1	1947	1947	MRS	0.2	0.4	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
72	Curtis Henderson	3B	1	1941	1941	CAG	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
73	Willard Brown	-	1	1942	1942	WES	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
74	Bill Barnes	RP	1	1943	1943	MRS	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
75	Preacher Henry	-	1	1941	1941	WES	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
76	Al Jones	SP	2	1944	1945	MRS	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
77	Jesse Williams	2B	1	1945	1945	WES	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
78	Babe Davis	LF	1	1940	1940	MRS	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
79	Cool Papa Bell	LF	1	1942	1942	WES/AAS	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	-0.5
80	Bob Clarke	C	1	1943	1943	PS	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
81	Cándido Morales	3B	1	1948	1948	MRS	0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
82	Curley Andrews	2B	1	1943	1943	PS	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
83	Sam Woods	RP	1	1948	1948	MRS	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
84	Cecil Jordan	SS	1	1948	1948	MRS	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
85	Alvin Gipson	-	1	1942	1942	WES	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
86	Lloyd Davenport	LF	4	1941	1945	MRS/WES	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
87	Daniels	RF	1	1945	1945	MRS	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
88	Norris Phillips	RP	1	1942	1942	MRS	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
89	Jesse Warren	3B	2	1940	1948	MRS	0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
90	Buddy Armour	LF	2	1941	1944	WES	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
91	Bill Cooper	-	1	1943	1943	PS	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
92	Les Henderson	RP	1	1944	1944	MRS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
93	Pete Sunkett	2B	1	1943	1943	PS	0.0	-0.1	0.5	-0.3	0.0
94	Quincy Trouppe	C	1	1945	1945	SAS/WES	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
95	Clyde Spearman	RF	1	1941	1941	CAG	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
96	Willie Bunn	RP	1	1943	1943	PS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
97	Jimmy Johnson	SS	1	1943	1943	PS	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1
98	Leandy Young	-	1	1942	1942	MRS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
99	Nat Peeples	C	1	1948	1948	MRS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
100	Lyman Bostock	-	1	1941	1941	WES	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
101	Ladd White	RP	1	1947	1947	MRS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
102	Mahlon Duckett	SS	1	1943	1943	PS	0.0	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.1
103	Tommie Dukes	C	1	1941	1941	TPC	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2
104	Ruben Jones	LF	1	1940	1940	MRS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
105	Duke Cleveland	-	1	1941	1941	WES	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
106	Adams	C	1	1942	1942	MRS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
107	Honey Jenkins	-	1	1943	1943	PS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
108	George Mitchell	-	1	1941	1941	WES	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
109	Smith	-	1	1943	1943	MRS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
110	William Hudson	LF	1	1941	1941	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
111	Bill Hoskins	LF	1	1941	1941	MRS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
112	Hodges	-	1	1943	1943	MRS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
113	Henry Lipsey	-	1	1942	1942	MRS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
114	Jonas Gaines	-	1	1941	1941	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
115	Ted Radcliffe	RP	3	1941	1944	MRS/WES	0.0	0.3	0.0	-0.3	0.0
116	Spike Garrett	2B	2	1944	1945	MRS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
117	Henry Miller	RP	1	1943	1943	PS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
118	Morrison	-	1	1943	1943	PS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
119	Billy Horne	2B	1	1941	1941	CAG/WES	0.0	-0.4	0.3	0.0	0.1
120	Jackie Robinson	-	1	1945	1945	WES	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
121	Bozo Jackson	SS	1	1943	1943	PS	0.0	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
122	Rufus Hatten	C	1	1942	1942	MRS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
123	Dan Wilson	-	1	1941	1941	WES	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
124	Newt Allen	-	1	1941	1941	WES	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
125	Sam Segraves	2B	1	1942	1942	MRS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
126	Sack Morgan	-	1	1948	1948	MRS	0.0	0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
127	James Lockman	-	1	1943	1943	MRS	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
128	Jake Dunn	1B	1	1943	1943	PS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
129	Hughes	RF	1	1940	1940	MRS	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
130	Jimmie Crutchfield	RF	2	1941	1942	MULT	0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	-0.6
131	Avelino Cañizares	-	1	1945	1945	SAS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
132	Buck O'Neil	-	1	1942	1942	WES	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
133	Lester Lockett	-	1	1945	1945	WES	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
134	Bonnie Serrell	2B	2	1941	1944	CAG/WES	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
135	Harry Barnes	C	1	1948	1948	MRS	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
136	Leslie Green	RP	1	1946	1946	MRS	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.0
137	Tommy Sampson	-	2	1941	1942	WES	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
138	Henry Nears	RF	1	1940	1940	MRS	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
139	Ralph Wyatt	SS	2	1941	1942	WES/CAG	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
140	Sam Jethroe	-	3	1942	1945	WES/SAS	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
141	B. L. Brown	-	1	1945	1945	MRS	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
142	Joe Greene	-	1	1942	1942	WES	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
143	Oscar Boone	C	1	1941	1941	CAG	-0.1	0.3	-0.4	0.0	0.0
144	Rafael Hernández	-	1	1941	1941	TPC	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
145	Johnnie Dawson	C	1	1940	1940	MRS	-0.1	-0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
146	Rufus Ligon	RP	2	1944	1945	MRS	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
147	Gready McKinnis	-	1	1944	1944	WES	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
148	William Sumrall	RP	1	1940	1940	MRS	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
149	Emmett Wilson	LF	1	1943	1943	MRS	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
150	Felton Snow	-	1	1943	1943	PS	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
151	Emery Adams	-	1	1943	1943	PS	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
152	Ted Alexander	RP	1	1941	1941	CAG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
153	Pepper Bassett	-	2	1941	1945	MULT	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
154	Orlando Varona	SS	1	1948	1948	MRS	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
155	Dave Harper	-	1	1943	1943	PS	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
156	Herman Purcell	-	1	1947	1947	MRS	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
157	Henry Merchant	CF	1	1941	1941	CAG	-0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
158	Buck Felder	SS	2	1944	1945	MRS	-0.2	0.1	-0.4	0.0	0.1
159	Lennie Pearson	-	1	1943	1943	PS	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
160	Subby Byas	C	2	1941	1942	MRS	-0.2	0.3	-0.5	0.0	0.0
161	Raúl Sánchez	-	1	1948	1948	MRS	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
162	Pinky Vargas	LF	1	1941	1941	TPC	-0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.4
163	Booker McDaniel	-	1	1945	1945	WES	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
164	Steve Wylie	-	1	1944	1944	MRS	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
165	Charlie Shields	-	1	1941	1941	CAG	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
166	Stanley Glenn	-	1	1943	1943	PS	-0.3	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
167	James Wilson	-	1	1947	1947	MRS	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
168	Archie Ware	1B	3	1941	1945	MULT	-0.3	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
169	Willie Hudson	LF	1	1941	1941	CAG/WES	-0.3	0.4	0.0	-0.7	0.0
170	M. Johnson	-	1	1945	1945	MRS	-0.3	0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
171	Ben Hill	RP	1	1943	1943	PS	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
172	Leniel Hooker	-	1	1943	1943	PS	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
173	John Henry Oliver	-	1	1945	1945	MRS	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
174	Buddy Burbage	-	1	1943	1943	PS	-0.4	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
175	Tice James	SS	1	1941	1941	CAG/MRS	-0.4	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.1
176	Fred McDaniel	LF	5	1942	1946	MRS	-0.4	0.7	-0.8	0.0	-0.3
177	Edgar Baker	-	1	1945	1945	MRS	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
178	Nat Rogers	LF	6	1940	1945	MRS	-0.4	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	-0.2
179	Lafayette Dumas	SP	2	1940	1941	MRS	-0.4	-0.3	-0.3	0.1	0.0
180	Donald Reeves	RF	1	1941	1941	CAG	-0.5	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
181	Art Pennington	LF	3	1941	1945	MULT	-0.5	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
182	Oscar Childs	-	1	1945	1945	MRS	-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
183	Leamon Johnson	-	1	1945	1945	MRS	-0.6	-0.4	-0.3	0.0	0.1
184	Big Train Jackson	RP	1	1940	1940	MRS	-0.6	-0.1	0.0	-0.5	0.0
185	Larry Kimbrough	RP	1	1943	1943	PS	-0.7	0.1	-0.2	-0.5	0.0
186	Johnnie Cowan	2B	2	1945	1948	SAS/MRS	-0.7	-0.2	-0.5	0.0	0.0
187	Alfonso de la Fuente	2B	1	1941	1941	TPC	-0.7	-0.9	0.0	0.0	0.1
188	Jim Canada	1B	3	1943	1945	MRS	-0.8	-0.8	0.2	0.0	-0.3
189	Bob Evans	RP	1	1943	1943	PS	-0.8	-0.1	0.0	-0.7	0.0
190	Ted Gipson	LF	1	1941	1941	CAG	-0.8	-0.1	0.0	-0.7	0.0
191	Gerves Fagan	RF	2	1942	1943	MRS/PS	-0.8	-0.2	-0.7	0.0	0.0
192	Boyd Biggers	-	1	1941	1941	TPC	-0.8	0.0	0.0	-0.8	0.0
193	Lefty Boone	-	1	1940	1940	MRS	-0.9	0.0	0.0	-0.9	0.0
194	Bill Bradford	RF	3	1940	1942	CAG/MRS	-0.9	-0.1	-0.7	0.0	-0.1
195	John Huber	-	2	1946	1947	MRS	-1.1	-0.1	0.0	-1.0	0.0
196	Manuel Echeverría	RP	1	1941	1941	TPC	-1.2	0.0	0.0	-1.2	0.0
197	Bill Harvey	-	1	1941	1941	TPC	-1.4	0.0	0.0	-1.4	0.0
198	Willie Wells Jr.	SS	5	1944	1948	MRS	-1.4	-0.8	-0.9	0.0	0.3

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